No matter how confident Tao Chengzhang was, he would not have been able to get an immediate reply from Qin Lang, even if he had contacted the Pentagon directly by radio – which was not possible most of the time, however, radio equipment in this era was still rudimentary and susceptible to interference from natural factors – and the time difference between Beijing and San Diego would have caused inevitable delays. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoZhang Shaozeng could only ask his staff officers and military advisers to draw up two sets of action plans, and ordered the troops to implement the one that could handle the poison gas first.

The order nearly threw the division into disarray: while none of the junior officers and soldiers had seen the lethal effects of the gas firsthand, they had all heard military advisers and instructors talk about the weapon—most of whom had fought in the Philippines and watched the SWAT troops attack the Manila fort—and the power of the gas was multiplied by the fact that people were always adding fuel and exaggerating the news. It became a terrifying weapon that only needed a little bit to kill people, so no one wanted to have anything to do with it.

No officer or soldier who had heard those horrific tales would have thought that a wet towel soaked in soapy water would have any effect on poison gas, but they did not have gas masks, and Zhang Shaozeng's order was tantamount to sending them to death.

No one wants to die: mercenary-trained soldiers are neither heroes nor heroes, and most of the officers in the army are either revolutionaries or inclined to revolution, rather than willing to throw their lives on a task they are not willing to carry out in the first place.

A group of revolutionaries, who capture another group of revolutionaries for the sake of a regime they are preparing to overthrow, are killed by another group of revolutionaries using weapons of mass destruction that they are ready to use against their common enemy...... If anyone else was pleased with the whole thing, it was the Manchu Emperor and his ministers.

Even if there was no poison gas, the officers would have resisted Zhang Shaozeng's orders, and the poison gas gave them more reason and courage. The officers were overjoyed to find that they had no need to persuade or collude with anyone, and that they did not need anyone to take the lead - and therefore there was no danger of being exposed - that the officers and soldiers of the entire force were already dragging their commander back and making him scorched.

"So, I didn't have anything to do with gas shells to the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division." Liangbi looked at Zhang Shaozeng with a gloating expression. His unit had been doing well, and many considered it to be the elite of the Forces nouvelles, but it still fell off the chain like the rest of the troops, which made the Guards Division commander quite happy. However, Liangbi's good mood did not last long, and sooner or later the news of the gas shells would reach the Guards Division, and the performance of his officers and soldiers would only be worse.

And he also has to rely on Zhang Shaozeng's troops to solve the crisis created for him by the people of the Alliance, if it can't return to normal, it won't be long before he can't laugh.

Immediate action must be taken.

The schadenfreude vanished, and Ryobi put on a worried expression again. "How long will it take you to quell the riots in the troops?"

"I have sent in the gendarmes to maintain order, and I have asked the staff officers and military advisers to develop a plan that is less dangerous." Zhang Shaozeng sighed. "When necessary, I will form a military tribunal."

The formation of a military tribunal was never something he wanted to do. On the surface, however, there was only so much he could do, and if in the end some officers and soldiers refused to carry out orders, he would have to take some of them to court-martials in order to satisfy Liangbi and the Manchu government.

Privately, however, he had asked his organization to contact the revolutionaries of the entire division, demanding that they unconditionally carry out his orders. Doing so will certainly cause dissatisfaction among some people, who will not understand the importance of doing so, who will doubt the decision of their superiors, and even announce their withdrawal from the organization, but only for the good of the whole.

Zhang Shao could feel that Liangbi was very anxious to quell the commotion of his troops. Once the Auxiliary Minister, who is at the centre of the maelstrom, loses all patience, the measures to be taken will certainly be much more intense.

He's showing that. "General Zhang, you should directly enforce military law, not engage in any military court. We don't have to do everything the way the U.S. military or Ambrera does. ”

"I understand. Please give me a little more time, though. Zhang Shao once assured that he had to lower his posture, "I will definitely solve the problem." ”

"I'm sure you will." After speaking, Liangbi changed his tone, "Of course, we also need to use a little necessary means of appeasement. I have asked Wang Zhen to provide some gas masks, not too much, the advice given to me by the military adviser is that we only need to equip the scouts and combat engineers with that kind of thing, and then give them the task of attacking, while the ordinary infantry only need to keep contact with the target after discovering it to prevent the target from escaping. ”

"My military advisers think so too." Zhang Shao replied. Ambrera's military advisors usually made plans that didn't differ much, as long as they weren't from West Point, Virginia, and Annapolis, respectively.

He sighed for a moment, and then asked, "I have a question, can Wang Zhen really get a gas mask?" ”

Liangbi wasn't as worried as he was. He knows Wang Zhen very well and knows what this guy will do. "If he can get gas shells, he'll definitely find a way to get a gas mask. Don't be surprised, he sells gas shells to the Confederates, and then sells us gas masks, his abacus has always been very good. ”

He made a lot of sense, and Zhang Shaozeng was speechless.

The two of them fell silent at the same time, and after a while, maybe a minute, Liangbi finally recovered, but instead of continuing the topic just now, he changed it: "Someone told me that you went to see Tao Chengzhang?" ”

He looked a little careless and didn't seem to care about that incident, but Zhang Shaozeng immediately became nervous, what Tao Chengzhang was worried about finally came true, although they had already thought of a countermeasure, but he was not sure that it really worked.

He could only give it a try. "Yes, I went to see this man, just after I left your office."

Liangbi nodded and asked, "Do you know him?" ”

"I've seen it a few times, in Guangzhou Bay." Zhang Shaozeng threw out the prepared answers one after another, "He is a journalist and has a little personal relationship with Mr. Yi from Ambrera. I want to figure out the problem of gas shells through him. ”

"That Mr. Yi?" Liangbi frowned imperceptibly, "If it's him, it's understandable." ”

"What do you mean?"

"As far as we know, Mr. Yi has close ties with many revolutionary parties, and he even introduced Dr. Sun to Mr. Qin a long time ago, but Mr. Qin's attitude was very cold and refused to support Dr. Sun's revolutionary cause." Liangbi laughed self-deprecatingly, "This is a good thing for the imperial court, otherwise we wouldn't have to guess whether the alliance would really be a poisonous gas cannonball." ”

Zhang Shao once pretended to be surprised, and deliberately omitted his last sentence. "Tao Chengzhang is also a revolutionary party?"

"That's true, he's a revolutionary, but don't be nervous." "He was a moderate revolutionary party. ”

"Mild?" Zhang Shao was confused by him, "What do you mean?" ”

"Tao Chengzhang has been using newspaper propaganda for the past few years to overthrow the imperial court and establish a republican government, but there has been no real action, and he has a poor relationship with the people of the League, often publishing articles attacking them, especially their leaders." Liangbi seemed happy to explain to him, "So, the court thinks he is a moderate in the revolutionary party." ”

Moderate? Zhang Shao almost laughed: many times, the "moderates" are the real dangerous enemies, these people seem to be harmless, but only let the opponent let his guard down, and then deal a fatal blow to the opponent when he is unprepared.

The Manchu government's perception of Tao Chengzhang was a pure joke.

Zhang Shao thought mockingly, trying to make himself look nervous. "I've never heard of him, and if I knew, I wouldn't have looked for him."

"I've already said it, don't be nervous." Liangbi patted him on the shoulder, "He is a reporter for an American newspaper, and the imperial court needs to take into account the attitude of the Americans, so he has been pretending not to know that he is a revolutionary, and even allowing him to operate openly in Beijing, if you don't like to read American newspapers, it is normal not to know who he is." ”

"But ......"

Liangbi raised his hand and motioned for Zhang Shaozeng to remain quiet, waiting for him to finish speaking. "But, General Zhang, there are a lot of people staring at us, waiting for us to make mistakes, so you'd better not have too much contact with a revolutionary party, even if he is a moderate revolutionary party."

"I understand." Zhang Shao once promised to be a soldier.

Liangbi nodded with satisfaction, then changed the conversation and asked, "How long will it take for him to get an accurate answer from Mr. Yi?" ”

"He just assured that it would be quick, but he didn't give me an exact time." Zhang Shao thought about it for a moment, then lowered his voice and told the news that Tao Chengzhang told him, "However, Mr. Yi is about to arrive in the Far East. ”

He originally hoped that Liangbi would be a little more relieved after hearing the news and be able to regain some patience, but it was completely unexpected, instead of being happy, Liangbi squeezed out a sad expression, and his eyebrows were almost twisted.

He muttered, "I thought we had enough trouble......"

"What's going on?" Zhang Shaozeng was confused at first, but soon he thought of what he had just heard, and came up with a bold guess: "Is it related to the revolutionary party?" ”

This speculation was quickly proven wrong.

"No, it's not a revolutionary party, it's just a personal matter related to Mr. Yi, but it's tricky and very troublesome."

"How much trouble?"

"A bunch of self-righteous idiots have captured one of his uncles." Liangbi let out a long sigh with a bitter face, "I hope he doesn't know about this yet." ”

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Qingming Festival, so that's it (to be continued.) )